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Bondi’s ‘Bad Behavior’ Under Scrutiny
During her appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi became the target of late-night humor. Jordan Klepper of “The Daily Show” quipped that “if downplaying international sex rings were an Olympic sport, Bondi would take home the gold.”
Klepper further satirized Ms. Bondi, comparing her to that “book club woman who causes everyone stress, but you can’t uninvite her because then it becomes a whole drama.” His remarks underscored her confrontational reactions when questioned about former President Trump and the sensitive Epstein files.
(Video segment from “The Daily Show” featuring Jordan Klepper’s segment on Pam Bondi’s testimony.)
“To be fair, though, you’d be in a bad mood, too, if you’d spent the last month redacting images of old man genitals from the Epstein files. Allegedly.”
— Jordan Klepper
“He’s so transparent, you had to black out his name like a thousand times.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, on Bondi’s calling Trump “the most transparent president in the nation’s history.”
“This hearing has been planned for weeks, but the stakes were particularly high for Pam. There are reports Trump was unhappy she wasn’t doing enough to punish his enemies — or administer his enemas. So, with the Trump-Epstein files being a central focus, Pam Bondi had to really ‘butter that biscuit as bigly as she could’.”
— Jimmy Kimmel
The Sharpest Punchlines (C-SPAN’s Unscripted Comedy)
(Video segment of C-SPAN clips referenced by Jimmy Kimmel showcasing Pam Bondi’s responses.)
“C-SPAN suddenly turned into C-SNAP!”
— Jimmy Kimmel
“She’s the kind of neighbor you’d just move to avoid arguing with. You’d relocate and never look back.”
— Jimmy Kimmel
“Keep in mind, this is not how these hearings traditionally go. The attorney general used to carry some level of seriousness and gravitas. It’s only recently that they’d spend a congressional hearing acting like a bratty senior who got called into the principal’s office.”
— Jordan Klepper
“It’s like speaking to a teenage girl. If she keeps talking like that, Epstein’s going to come back from the dead and ask for a massage.”
— Jimmy Kimmel
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Upcoming Highlights for Thursday Night
Tune in to “The Daily Show” on Thursday to see Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Beyond Late Night: A Look Back
(An image showing James Van Der Beek as a rebellious high school quarterback in the 1999 movie “Varsity Blues,” with Jon Voight as his coach. Credit: Paramount, via Everett Collection)
James Van Der Beek may have been best known as Dawson Leery, but the actor, who died on Wednesday at 48, found ways to subvert his all-American persona in various films and television shows.